The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is exploring multiple pathways to reducing its environmental impact, with initiatives ranging from the planned introduction of electrically-powered light training aircraft ...

Although they may not take center stage like fighter jets and bombers, trainer aircraft and aerobatic aircraft play an important part for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF). So much so that they will ...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is seeking a zero-emissions trainer aircraft as part of a wider national drive to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The RAF is seeking a new zero-emissions light trainer ...

The RAF has a fleet of 28 Hawk T2s. Credit: BAE Systems LONDON—The chief of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has said he would like to replace the service’s BAE Systems Hawk T2 advanced jet trainers as ...

The UK Royal Air Force hopes to issue inspection guidelines on 4 August that should enable it to begin resuming flight operations with its BAE Systems Hawk T1/1A jet trainers. A ground inspection of ...

The U.K.’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is publicly highlighting its need for a new trainer aircraft while the government continues to delay a decision. At last week’s Aero India airshow, Kevin Marsh, the ...

A continuing shortage of capacity in its flying training organisation has led the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to return to training pilots on Hawk T1 aircraft, three years after it retired the analog ...

The Italian and British most advanced jets conducted some Air-to-Air sortie in 1vs1 and 2vs1 scenarios combined with rear seat exchange for a cross training and experience sharing during their firing ...

The BAE Systems Hawk is a single-engine jet aircraft developed more than 40 years ago by Hawker Siddely and manufactured now by its successor firm. With a two-man tandem cockpit and powered by a ...

On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...